Everything’s going good, going good, going good
Until it’s going bad
I told my friends look away cause
There’s no way that I’m coming back
I did some things saw some scenes and I think I had a heart attack
Cause these boys oh these boys all they want is to make me sad1

The way they play your little heart like a silly game2
Wish that I could do the same and yet I still remain3

One of those pretty girls
Who fix their hair tan their skin make-up on lots of bling
I can do anything4
One of those pretty girls
Who dresses up just for fun5
Cause she’ll get lots of love ain’t that what we want6
One of those pretty girls

Any day of the week is complete as long as you’re here with me
Please don’t say that you’re not in the mood or you’re too busy8
Sick days never fade when I am in your company9
Will you stay or do I have to say goodbye when you leave10

The way they play your little heart like a silly game
Wish that I could do the same and yet I still remain

One of those pretty girls
Who fix their hair tan their skin make-up on lots of bling
I can do anything
One of those pretty girls
Who dresses up just for fun
Cause she’ll get lots of love ain’t that what we want
One of those pretty girls

[Iggy Azalea:]
Yeah he like them pretty girls
Bossy ones too cause they run the world11
Pretty girls don’t stop, ride him all day and take him to top12
(Oh) that’s crazy he said he wanna have my baby13
But that’s cool with me I know he wanna taste of Ms. Iggy14
And you smile back let him know that opposites attract
Cause you know how I feel so tell me what’s the deal15
Wanna go to my place and maybe we could chill
Cause I’m loving how you feel you love my sex appeal
You said that the pretty girls never felt so real, Iggs16

The way they play your little heart like a silly game
Wish that I could do the same and yet I still remain

One of those pretty girls
Who fix their hair tan their skin make-up on lots of bling
I can do anything
One of those pretty girls
Who dresses up just for fun
Cause she’ll get lots of love ain’t that what we want
One of those pretty girls

Explained Lyrics

Britney Spears describes her frustrations with romantic relationships in the opening stanza of “Pretty Girls,” saying that she’s been hurt a lot and doesn’t want her friends to endure the same hardships.

Britney Spears means to say here that guys do not care about the feelings and emotions of their lovers.

Britney Spears wishes she could hurt guys without feeling terrible about it, but she can’t do so.

Britney Spears feels as though she is quite powerful when she dresses herself up in stereotypical ways.

Britney Spears hints that girls who are attractive expose how attractive they are just to get attention, even if this attention results in pain.

“Ain’t that what we want” is a sarcastic statement, given Britney Spears’s negative view of males in this song.

Britney Spears describes here how guys pretend to love their women, but they don’t actually love their women as individuals. Rather, they love the physique and beauty of their women.

Britney Spears grieves in these lines about the lack of effort that men apply to their romantic lives.

In other words, even when Britney Spears is sick, she feels like she is not lacking anything in her life.

“Say goodbye when you leave” means that Britney Spears doesn’t want to be abandoned once sexual relations are over for the night.

Iggy Azalea describes her similar attitude toward men who just enjoy girls for their outward appearance.

That is, to sexual climax.

In this line, Iggy Azalea reveals that she doesn’t trust men who say they want to reproduce with a lady.

Iggy Azalea shares that men want her for her physical beauty, and she shamelessly accepts them.

Iggy Azalea just wants her men to be straightforward with her when explaining what they want.

Iggy Azalea concludes her section of the song by describing how she enjoys a night in with a man who is enticed by her.

“Pretty Girls” is about the vulnerability of females who seek attention from lustful men.